'How to Get' the Big Issues This Budget, with Chris Kohler
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May 6, 2026 · 25 min
About this episode
Chris Kohler breaks down the key issues in the upcoming federal budget and their impact on everyday finances.
Next week, the federal budget drops. For most of us, it’s a flurry of headlines and jargon that feels a world away from our daily bank balance. But behind the billion-dollar figures are the decisions that dictate your rent, your grocery bills, and your job security. And luckily, to help us 'get it', there's Nine Finance Editor Chris Kohler. In this episode, Chris breaks down what might be the budgets biggest tickets - including capital gains tax, negative gearing, housing affordability, grandfathering, gas exports, unemployment and more. He also discusses some of the tools he's heard have been most helpful to people from his book 'How They Get You' , including giving delivery apps a second thought and scheduling a 'hell day', and why he decided to start a podcast of his own: 'How We Got Here' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Sylvia Jeffreys
Guest: Chris Kohler
Topics covered
- federal budget
- capital gains tax
- housing affordability
- negative gearing
- job security
Keywords
- federal budget
- capital gains tax
- negative gearing
- housing affordability
- job security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nine Finance
Books & works: How They Get You, How We Got Here
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